get rid of R CMD CHECK notes

Author: paul-buerkner

DESCRIPTION

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ Description: Fit Bayesian generalized (non-)linear multilevel models
     and link functions are supported, allowing users to fit
     linear, robust linear, binomial, Poisson, survival, response times, ordinal, 
     zero-inflated, hurdle, and even non-linear models all in a multilevel context. 
-    Further modeling options include autocorrelation and smoothing terms, 
-    user defined covariance structures, censored data, meta-analytic 
+    Further modeling options include auto-correlation and smoothing terms, 
+    user defined dependence structures, censored data, meta-analytic 
     standard errors, and quite a few more. 
     In addition, all parameters of the response distribution can be predicted
     in order to perform distributional regression.

R/brm.R

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #' and link functions are supported, allowing users to fit
 #' linear, robust linear, binomial, Poisson, survival, response times, ordinal, 
 #' zero-inflated, hurdle, and even non-linear models all in a multilevel context. 
-#' Further modeling options include autocorrelation and smoothing terms, 
-#' user defined covariance structures, censored data, meta-analytic 
+#' Further modeling options include auto-correlation and smoothing terms, 
+#' user defined dependence structures, censored data, meta-analytic 
 #' standard errors, and quite a few more. 
 #' In addition, all parameters of the response distribution can be predicted
 #' in order to perform distributional regression.

R/misc.R

@@ -405,10 +405,9 @@ use_alias <- function(arg, alias = NULL, default = NULL,
   if (!is_equal(alias, default)) {
     arg <- alias
     if (grepl("^dots\\$", alias_name)) {
-      alias_name <- sub("^dots\\$", "", alias_name)
+      alias_name <- gsub("^dots\\$", "", alias_name)
     } else if (grepl("^dots\\[\\[", alias_name)) {
-      alias_name <- sub("^dots\\[\\[\"", "", alias_name)
-      alias_name <- sub("\"\\]\\]$", "", alias_name)
+      alias_name <- gsub("^dots\\[\\[\"|\"\\]\\]$", "", alias_name)
     }
     if (warn) {
       warning2("Argument '", alias_name, "' is deprecated. ",